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A Room Of His Own at KVS by Nona Demey Gallagher with Daphne Agten and Andrea Dworkin as inspiration.

A Room of His Own

NONA DEMEY GALLAGHER

  • theater
  • Language: EN
  • Surtitles: NL • FR
  • KVS Creation

Looking for some extra context?

Come to the KVS café at 7:45 pm, where Brussels-based writer, curator and commentator Uschi Cop will offer a short introduction to the performance.
This introduction will take place in Dutch.

“The secret castle, the urban oasis, the multimedia fun palace - the bed.There she lies, a critic alone in pyjamas, watching late-night television, dissecting the fantasies of sexual freedom while the world outside continues its endless pursuit of pleasure.”

A Room Of His Own is a perverted comedy of manners about the world of pornography, power, and sexual politics. Its protagonist is Andrea Dworkin, the radical feminist of the 1970s, famous for her tireless attacks on the porn industry. Following a sleepless Dworkin during a night of decadence, the production interrogates the post-war dream of sexual freedom - its promises, its contradictions, its lasting grip on society. A testament to a voice who questioned the sexual fantasies that we consume.

A Room of His Own in the press

“As blunt and explicit as its subject matter is, the performance is just as clever and suggestive in its form.” 
- De Standaard

“What makes her approach so compelling, more rhetorical than in her hit Up your ass with Lieselot Siddiki, is the sensual visual language that accompanies it. It remains strikingly suggestive, with a touch of vintage.” 
- De Standaard

“Gallagher really manages to stir something up here, and thanks to the show’s imaginative form, does so in a way that is quite digestible.” 
- PZAZZ

“Thankfully, there are performances like A Room of His Own that dare to shed light, with humour and verve, on what usually remains in the dark.” 
- PZAZZ

Performances

    • 20:00 - 21:30
    • 30CC, Leuven
    • 20:15 - 21:45
    • CC De Kern, Wilrijk
    • 20:00 - 21:30
    • Theater Malpertuis, Tielt
    • 20:15 - 21:45
    • CC Muze, Heusden-Zolder
Already ended
  1. - CC De Werf, Aalst
  2. - C-mine Cultuurcentrum, Genk
  3. - KVS BOX
  4. - KVS BOX
  5. - CC Ter Vesten, Beveren
  6. - De Grote Post, Oostende

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Makers

  1. Nona Demey Gallagher

    Nona Demey Gallagher

Credits

concept and direction nona demey gallagher with daphne agten, arne luiting, verona verbakel, astrid cox text nona demey gallagher, joeri smet text translation florian de roo music bart demey, tania gallagher costume lena mariën costume intern marie baudoncq assistant director (intern) anna may christmas scenography lars uten scenography prints andreas van kerckhoven choreography arne luiting dramaturgy dina dooreman video nicole tegelaar props lars uten surtitles jarne van loon production management jarne van loon lighting design and technical kato stevens sound and technical bert toulet production detheatermaker coproduction desingel, kvs, viernulvier, c-mine, het laatste bedrijf with the support of lod, opera ballet vlaanderen, campo, deauteurs